Site Report: Brazoria NWR (UTC 108)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

Marsh

2013-04-17: We walked around on the paths near the visitor center where we were mobbed by mosquitos, and then we drove the auto tour.

Kingdom: Animals (59 records)

Phylum: Chordates (59 records)

Class: Birds (59 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Order: Pelicans (22 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Order: Perching Birds (16 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
- Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (7 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: New World Quail
- Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

Order: Vultures (2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)